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  1. Handel 250

    Alan Titchmarsh marks the 250th anniversary of the death of George Frideric Handel

    麻豆社 Radio 2

  2. Top Dogs: Adventures in War, Sea and Ice

    A unique, behind-the-scenes insight into the process of overseas news-reporting

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  3. Andre Previn: All the Right Notes

    Celebrating the life and career of Sir Andre Previn

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  4. Blonde on Blonde

    Mariella Frostrup celebrates iconic blondes: Doris Day, Diana Dors and Marilyn Monroe

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  5. Hollywood Charmers

    Series profiling some of Hollywood's most charming leading men

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  6. My Voyage to Italy

    Martin Scorsese presents a two-part guided tour through the history of Italian cinema

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  7. The Time Of Our Lives

    Alan Thompson takes a nostalgic look back at the past

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  8. 70 Years of Cool

    Jamie Cullum tells the story of Blue Note Records and the rise of modern jazz

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  9. The Culture Club

    Children's series exploring cultural diversity in Northern Ireland through song and dance

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  10. English Heritage

    Documentary series following the work of English Heritage

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  11. Stand Down Margaret: Music's Response to Thatcherism

    Jeremy Vine examines pop music's response to Thatcherism

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  12. You Heard It At The Movies

    Award-winning film composer George Fenton presents the big screen's greatest film scores

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  13. The Art of Directing

    Psychoanalyst and former cricketer Mike Brearley investigates the art of the director

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  14. Billy Joel: All My Life

    Paul Sexton presents the story of American singer, songwriter and pianist Billy Joel

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  15. A Poet's Guide to Britain

    Owen Sheers explores six great works of poetry set in the British landscape.

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  16. So Hard to Beat

    Two-part look at the history of Northern Irish rock and pop over the last four decades

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  17. Bonjour Mr Aznavour

    Petula Clark presents a profile of the great French chansonnier Charles Aznavour

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  18. From Wales to Timbuktu

    Welsh book town Hay-on-Wye won a global competition to be twinned with Timbuktu

    麻豆社 Two Wales

  19. Britain in Their Sites

    Tristram Hunt tells the story of architectural change in Britain over 60 years

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  20. Island 50

    Don Letts tells the story of Island Records, founded by Chris Blackwell fifty years ago

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  21. Performing to the Red Light

    Terence Curran goes behind the scenes with classical performers in the recording studio

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  22. Make 'em Laugh

    Series chronicling over 100 years of American comedy

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  23. The Frost Years

    David Frost looks at how TV comedy has affected the political process during his career

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  24. European Breaking News

    The stories of journalists working as foreign correspondents in Europe

    麻豆社 Radio Scotland

  25. My Life in Verse

    Celebrities explore their love of poetry

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  26. B Boys Swing & Highland Flings

    Kim Lenaghan meets people learning to dance for the first time

    麻豆社 Radio Ulster

  27. Lenny and Will

    Lenny Henry pursues his new-found enthusiasm for the works of William Shakespeare

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  28. Learning to Love the Microphone

    Anne Perkins explores how Stanley Baldwin and Neville Chamberlain used radio and newsreel

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  29. Terminates Here

    Poet Lemn Sissay retraces the route taken by WH Auden's mail train

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  30. Class of 2008 - Graduated

    Observational documentary series narrated by Louis Bhose

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  31. Colour My World: The Tony Hatch Story

    Bill Kenwright looks at the life and music of songwriter, composer and producer Tony Hatch

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  32. Henry VIII: Patron or Plunderer?

    Series looking at the cultural artifacts created in King Henry VIII's name

    麻豆社 Four

  33. The Pre-Raphaelites

    Series examining the 19th century Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood art movement

    麻豆社 Four

  34. Dave Pearce's Disco Anthems

    Dave Pearce presents classic disco tracks

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  35. The Movie That Changed My Life

    Well-known figures review their favourite movie with the assistance of expert contributors

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  36. Sex, Drugs and Woolly Semmits

    Jack McLaughlin finds out how swinging Scotland was in the 1960s

    麻豆社 Radio Scotland

  37. The Beatrix Potter Guide to Business

    Richard Collins reveals the links between the worlds of business and Beatrix Potter

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  38. Tarantino's Jukebox

    Quentin Tarantino discusses the music he has used to soundtrack his films

    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

  39. An Audience with Dan Leno

    The life and times of the great Victorian English music hall comedian, Dan Leno

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  40. Montreux And All That Jazz

    Short series celebrating the Montreux Jazz Festival

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  41. Joan Armatrading's Favourite Guitarists

    Singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading talks to leading guitarists about their music

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  42. Soho Stories

    Television executive and broadcaster Paul Jackson charts the rise of independent producers

    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

  43. Very Amazing: Behind the Scenes at the V and A

    Rosie Goldsmith goes behind the scenes at London's Victoria and Albert Museum

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  44. How to Be a Composer

    Journalist and critic Paul Morley spends a year learning the art of musical composition

    麻豆社 Four

  45. Guy Barker's Jazz Collection

    The trumpeter and composer Guy Barker presents an authoritative guide to jazz music

    麻豆社 Radio 2

  46. Islam, Mullahs and the Media

    The writer Kenan Malik explores how perceptions of Islam have been shaped by the media

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  47. Classic Goldie

    Drum and bass pioneer Goldie is invited to compose a piece of music for the 2009 Proms

    麻豆社 Two

  48. Siabost as B貌idhche

    Finlay MacLeod explores the history, songs and people of Shawbost

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  49. The Funny Side of...

    Clive Anderson takes us through the evolution of a TV genre

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  50. Uncle Sam Goes Pop

    The story of a period in the 1940s when the US government became a record company

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